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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Nurs. 2013 Mar-Apr;36(2):10.1097/NCC.0b013e3182567c03. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3182567c03

Table 2.

Descriptive Data on Marital Satisfaction, Sexual Satisfaction, and Quality of Life

Partners at 24 mo				Comparative Sample^a		2-Sample t
Variable	Mean	SD	Range: Min/Max	Mean	SD	t	P
Quality of Life SF-12
Physical component	49.42	9.22	19–62	48.58	10.25	−0.36	.56
Mental component	51.83	7.36	28–75	51.28	9.86	−0.77	.66
CQOLC	60.04	4.28	29–109	NA
Marital satisfaction
DAS-4	12.54	1.49	8–17	NA
SSS	9.34	.26	2–15	NA

Abbreviations: CQOLC, Caregiver Quality of Life Index–Cancer Scale; DAS, Dyadic Adjustment Scale; NA, not available from comparative study; SSS, Sexual Satisfaction Scale; SF-12, 12-Item Short Form Health Survey.

Higher scores on SSS and SF-12 indicate better sexual satisfaction and quality of life. Higher scores on the DAS-4 and CQOLC indicate less marital satisfaction and lower quality of life.

Sample of spouses; mean age, 64 years; 38 localized; 11 recurrent; 20 advanced disease (n = 69).